Stephanus Evodius

Stephanus had the title Archbishop
of Apamaea in Syria,
b. in Syria,
1707; d. in Rome,
1782; prefect of the Vatican Library after the death of J.S. Assemani.
His lifework was to assist his two uncles at the Vatican Library. He
became a member of the Royal Society of London.
His principal works are: — (1) the sixth volume of "Ephraemi Syri opera
omnia" (2) "Bibliothecae Mediceae Laurentianae et Palatinae codicum
manuscriptorum orientalium catalogus" (Florence, 1742); — (3) "Acta
Sanctorum Martyrum Orientalium et Occidentalium" (Rome, 1748). The first
part gives the history of the martyrs
who suffered during the reign of the Sassanian Kings of Persia:
Sapor, Veranes and others (4) "Bibliothecae Apostolicae Vaticanae
codicum manuscriptorum catalogus," to be completed in four volumes in
collaboration with his uncle, J.A. Assemani: Vol. I, Oriental manuscripts
Vol. II, Greek; Vol. III, Latin; and Vol. IV, Italian. The first three
volumes appeared in 1756-69, but the fourth, of which only the first
eighty pages were printed, was destroyed by fire in 1768; — (5) "Catalogo
della biblioteca Chigiana" (Rome, 1764).

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